Lots of bench PT... but why did we lose?

Sorry .. but I'm feelin' frisky tonight.lol


Starters fault?

Man, I wished we could have watched this one. Maxiell and Acker got lots of burn tonight. Delfino and Arroyo got a lot of points. What lost it for us? We lost all our momentum when we played Dupree and Evans together. Bad combination. Big lack of ball handling. Other than that, the Pistons played pretty darn well in this game. And they were down and came back to lead late. In a real game, we would have put in a bit more defense right there at the end and maybe kept them from shooting that 3. Remember, just the preseason. But Minny apparently wanted to win this one, putting some of their starters back in at the end to try and win it.

We had no regular starters in to start the 2nd half. Amir Johnson never played, and for the preseason, got very little burn. The real thing starts next Wednesday.

Pistons got 20 assists, 12 of them by Arroyo. They won the rebound war 46-43 if I heard right just now. Thats the last game before they make their decision. From what I can see, Dupree is not sticking around. Unless Hunter will retire. Dupree could have been just the right defensive sub at the end of this one.

Dale Davis played and did well on the boards.

The stats: Carlos Arroyo 32 minutes, 17 P, 12 A, 6-12, Mo 31, 24, 4 boards, 2 assist. Sheed had a dozen. 11 From Delfino with 6 B. 10 boards, 9 points, and a block from Darko. Blaha says we find ourselves much much deeper than last year. Nine bounds for Davis. I'm done. Tired. Catch you all later.</B></B>

Minnesota trailed, 92-91, before Griffin buried his shot from the arc with 16 seconds to play. After Detroit missed on the other end, Anthony Carter, who scored 15 points, drained a pair of free throws to cap the scoring.

We can assume the foul was intentional.

Detroit was outscored 29 -19 in the 4th quarter.

lee you didn't get to watch the game did you? is this all based on radio? even detroit area didn't broadcast it.

the stat line for acker and dupree both were not that impressive. acker 0-5 shooting and 3 assists, dupree 0-3 shooting and 3 rebounds

My vote for the final roster spot goes to Acker. I think the kid's got game. With Hunter out, we need the extra ball handling more than Dupree's game.

No question Dupree had the better camp, plus he looks much more confident. He may very well end up with the Spurs as rumored. Not a bad situation for him.

If J-Max is able to pull a Cameo or two, he and Mo Evans should more than make up for what we lose in Dupree. Especially given available minutes.

I listened to it online like all pre-season 1130. I know it is pre-season, but our bench looks awesome. I think our biggest issue this year is we must play hard for 82 games. The Eastern Conference is to tough to keep getting 2 and 3rd seeds. Even when we beat the Miami;s and Pacers of the world, we are wasting to much energy on it. Lets draw washington or someone for a relaxing first round.

Anthony Carter!!!! WOot! SOrry. He played for my College when I was going to school. Or right after.
Thanks a million to Lee for the insight into the game. That Acker Dupree battle goes back and forth. Good to hear Arroyo had a good game. Its good that the bench got a lot of minutes but what was the decision on the starters. Don't they need floor time too.

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missing only one game isn't going to wreck their conditioning. chauncey and rip need to rest so they can chase AI around on opening night.

Box score

One thing we need to watch is the foul situation... this is the 2nd st8 game that we've given up 20 or more FT's than we've taken... too anxiuos or getting caught out of position?

If you listened to it all preseason, wouldn't it be better to say our bench "sounds" awesome?